A Train in Winter (51 page)

Alice Loeb.
Paris. Chemist. Active communist. Managed to escape a selection on 20 February 1943, but died after roll call next day. She was 52.

Louise Loquet.
Morbihan. Orphaned at eight, and brought up her three brothers, sole survivors of thirteen children. Operated stitching machine for a printing shop and with her husband composed and typed tracts. No one witnessed her death soon after arrival at Birkenau. She was 42. She left a daughter aged 17.

Yvonne Loriou.
Charente-Maritime. Secretary. Wrote secret letters about the Resistance to her brother, a prisoner of war in Germany. Died, on 8 March 1943, of erysipelas. She was 41.

Suzanne Maillard.
Somme. With her husband sheltered resisters and transmission radios. Died of typhus in mid-April 1943. She was 49. She left a 13-year-old son.

Yvette Marival.
Indre-et-Loire. With her husband, she was a member of the Communist Party and joined the Front National. Denounced by a member of her network who talked under torture. No one witnessed her death.

Luz Martos.
A refugee from Spain, she and her French husband joined the Resistance in Paris. Fell in the mud and gave up and died early in February 1943. She was 37.

Germaine Maurice.
Indre-et-Loire. Helped father as a
passeur
across the demarcation line (see
KERISIT
). Died of pneumonia on 23 February 1943. She was 24. Her father died in the deportation.

Olga Melin.
Pont-Sainte-Maxence. Craftswoman. With her brother, helped Jews escape across the demarcation line. Killed in the bombing near Mauthausen on 21 March 1945, aged 29. She left a son with polio.

Angèle Mercier.
Seine-et-Marne. Managed hotel in Paris. Liaison agent. Died at the beginning of March 1943 at the age of 33. Cause of death unknown.

Georgette Mesmer.
Besançon. Part of a chain helping prisoners of war reach Switzerland. She died, aged 29, of dysentery, leaving a son.

Suzanne Meugnot.
Almost nothing known about her, beyond the fact that she was born in April 1896 and died early in February 1943.

Renée Michaux.
La Rochelle. Member of the JFdeF and under the name ‘Marcelle’ organised local groups of the Front National in the Gironde. Died of dysentery in mid-April 1943. She was 23. Her companion, André Sautel, was tortured and hanged himself.

Simone Miternique.
Eure-et-Loir. Part of a chain of
passeurs
, taking Jews and resisters from Paris to the demarcation line. Died in ‘the race’ on 10 February 1943. She was 36 and left a son.

Gisèle Mollet.
Paris. Maid in a hotel. Caught helping communist boyfriend distribute tracts. Badly beaten by SS. Died in the first half of August 1943, at the age of 23.

Suzanne Momon.
Paris. Worker in a paint factory. Mother of Gilbert Brustlein of the Bataillons de la Jeunesse. No witness to her death in February 1943 at the age of 46. She left two children.

Denise Moret.
Haute-Vienne. Never knew why she was picked up. Died soon after reaching Birkenau at the age of 25; no witnesses. Left a four-year-old daughter.

Madeleine Morin
and her mother
Marie-Louise Morin.
Paris. The two women ran a beauty salon, where Jews collected false IDs. Madeleine died of typhus at the end of April 1943; she was 21. There were no witnesses to the death of Marie-Louise, towards the end of February 1943.

Marie-Louise Moru.
Morbihan. Worked in a canning factory as a packer. Helped young people flee to the free zone to join the French navy. Died at the age of 17 in the
Revier
in March 1943.

Madeleine Normand.
Charente. With her husband ran a small farm, hid resisters and helped them across the demarcation line. Beaten to death on 23 February 1943. She was 45. Her husband was executed by the Germans. Her mother died of grief and worry the day the
Convoi
left for Auschwitz.

Yvonne Noutari.
Gironde. With her husband member of the Front National and sheltered resisters. Killed in the bombing near Mauthausen on 2 August 1944. She was 28. Her husband was executed by the Germans. They left two children.

Toussainte Oppici.
Marseilles. Nothing known about her beyond the fact that she ran a restaurant and that she died of typhus at the end of April 1943, leaving an adolescent son. She was 37.

Anne-Marie Ostrowska.
Rhineland. Married Jewish Polish refugee. Caught illegally crossing the demarcation line. Died in the marshes at the beginning of April 1943, at the age of 42. Her husband died in the camps; her son, deported to Auschwitz, survived, as did her daughter.

Lucienne Palluy.
Paris. Stenographer. Became liaison officer for the FTP and transported powder and explosives. Died of dysentery at the end of February 1943 at the age of 33.

Yvonne Pateau.
Vendée. With her husband—who was also her first cousin—had a small farm and hid weapons stolen from the quarry at Jonzac. Died at the beginning of February 1943 at the age of 42 of acute nephritis. Her husband was executed by the Germans. They left a five-year-old son.

Lucie Pecheux.
Nièvre. Worked in Paris for a clothing manufacturer and collected funds for the Resistance. Died in the
Revier
around the middle of February 1943 at the age of 37, leaving an 18-year-old daughter.

Aurore Pica.
Moselle. Evacuated to Gironde with her family, worked with the Resistance gathering information, procuring passes, assisting in theft of weapons. Died on 28 April 1943 of thirst. She was 19. Her sister Yolande
GILI
survived.

Yvonne Picard.
Athens. Came to Paris to teach philosophy at the Sorbonne, where she joined the Resistance. Died of dysentery, at the age of 22, on 9 March 1943.

Suzanne Pierre.
Meurthe-et-Moselle. Not connected to any official Resistance group, but worked with friends to blow up a canal lock. No one witnessed her death in August 1943. She was 31.

Juliette Poirier.
Maine-et-Loire. No one knows why she was arrested and no one saw her die. She was 24. She left an eight-year-old son.

Maï Politzer.
Biarritz. Midwife. Worked with the intellectual Resistance in Paris. Died of typhus on 6 March 1943. Her husband Georges was shot by the Germans. She left an eight-year-old son.

Pauline Pomies.
Toulouse. Laundress. With her husband, sheltered resisters. Caught in ‘the race’ on 10 February 1943. She was 62. She left a daughter.

Line Porcher.
Eure-et-Loir. Widow, and communist, who hid typewriter for tracts. Probably gassed in February 1943 at the age of 63.

Delphine Presset.
Nimes. Not connected to the Resistance but caught in a sweep in Bordeaux. No one witnessed her death in February 1943. She was 42.

Marie-Thérèse Puyoou.
Basses-Pyrénées. Ran a co-operative and sheltered members of the Resistance. Died in the
Revier
on 31 March 1943. She was 46. She left two daughters, aged 17 and 10.

Jacqueline Quatremaire.
Orne. Secretary. Worked with Front National in Paris. Died of TB on 24 February 1943. She was 24.

Paula Rabeaux.
Saumur. Worked making funerary ornaments. With husband part of Resistance in Bordeaux area. Died, her tongue so swollen she could not eat or breathe, in March 1943, at the age of 31. Her husband was shot by the Germans.

Constance Rappenau.
Yonne. Ran restaurant used by Resistance. Caught in ‘the race’ on 10 February 1943. She was 63. She left one son.

Germaine Renaud.
Seine-et-Oise. Ran a clandestine printing press. Beaten to death by
kapos
. She was 24.

Marguerite Richier
, and her daughters,
Odette
and
Armande.
Paris. Members of the Front National. Marguerite was caught in ‘the race’ on 10 February 1943. She was 62. There were no witnesses to the deaths of Odette, aged 31, or Armande, 26.

Anne Richon.
Lot-et-Garonne. Knitted sweaters. With son and husband worked for the FTP. Died of oedema on 21 March 1943. She was 44. Her husband was shot by the Germans. Her son survived.

France Rondeaux.
Normandy. Helped aviators and Jews escape. Died of typhus, at the age of 41, in May 1943.

Georgette Rostaing.
Ivry-sur-Seine. Militant communist who hid resisters and weapons. No one witnessed her death in March 1943. She was 31. She left one daughter.

Félicia Rostkowska.
Poland. Came to France to teach the children of Polish miners and joined the Monika network. No one witnessed her death. She was 34.

Denise Roucayrol.
Tarn. Hospital aide and worked with the FTP. Died of typhus in April 1943 at the age of 33.

Suzanne Roze.
Seine-Inférieure. Communist and shop steward, and liaison officer for the Resistance. Died from a severe beating by an SS guard in February 1943. She was 38.

Esterina Ruju.
Nothing known about her beyond the fact that she died at the end of March 1943, aged 58.

Léonie Sabail.
Châtellerault. Office manager. With husband sheltered resisters. Died in the
Revier
on March 1943. She was 53. Her husband was shot by the Germans. She left one daughter and one son.

Anna Sabot.
Alsace. No one witnessed her death or learnt anything about her. She was 44.

Berthe Sabourault.
Charente. Started beauty salon and with her husband worked for the FTP. Died of typhus in April 1943 at the age of 38. Her husband died in Mauthausen. She left one son.

Raymonde Salez.
Lilas. Member of the Young Communists and took part in armed attacks. No one witnessed her death. She was 23.

Henriette Schmidt.
Essert. Worked with Danielle Casanova in the JFdeF and with DALLIDET network. Died in the
Revier
on 14 March 1943. She was 30.

Antoine Seibert.
Paris. Nurse’s aide. Worked with FTP. Death not witnessed. She was 43.

Léonie Seignolle.
Paris. Nothing known of either her life or her death.

Raymonde Sergent.
Indre-et-Loir. Cafe owner who helped people cross the demarcation line. Died at the end of March 1943 from oedema at the age of 39. She left a 12-year-old daughter.

Yvonne Souchaud.
Tours. Worked with the Front National. Died of dysentery in March 1943 at the age of 45.

Jeanne Souques.
Gironde. Helped husband run laundry. Delivered tracts, and hid typewriter. Died of typhus on 1 April 1943. She was 48. Her husband survived Mauthausen.

Marguerite Stora
and her niece,
Sylviane Coupet.
La Manche. Marguerite had no known activities in the Resistance, but married to a Jew. Swore at the Germans who came to arrest him. Died in the
Revier
in March 1943 at the age of 47. Sylviane, whom she regarded as her daughter, died in the
Revier
in August 1943; she was not quite 18.

Andrée Tamisé.
Bordeaux. Helped type and print tracts and formed student group with sister
GILBERTE
(who survived). Died on 8 March 1943 of pulmonary congestion; she was 21.

Jeanne Thiebault.
Meurthe-et-Moselle. Specialised worker for Citroën, no known work for the Resistance. No one witnessed her death. She was 33.

Marguerite Valina.
Charente-Maritime. Sheltered members of the Resistance and hid weapons. Caught in the Poinsot sweep (see
GUILLONS
). Died end of February 1943 in the
Revier
. Her husband was executed by the Germans. She left a son of 17, a daughter of 14 and a son aged eight.

Théodora van Dam
and her daughter
Reyna.
Netherlands. With her husband belonged to a chain helping Dutch resisters escape to England. Caught in ‘the race’ on 10 February 1943. She was 60. Reyna did not want to leave her mother and both were gassed. She was 19. Another daughter survived.